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Minister confirms plans to delay retirement age to 67- details will be in budget
Thursday, 02 Feb 2012 - OTTAWA – Today, Alice Wong Minister for Seniors, revealed that the government’s plans for reforming the retirement age will be revealed in the 2012 budget. Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP...
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Green Party Calls for “Victims First” Model of Justice
Thursday, 02 Feb 2012 - OTTAWA – The Green Party fully supports the recommendations of Canada’s Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, Sue O’Sullivan released in a special report – Shifting the Conversation. “The Green...
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World Wetlands Day
Thursday, 02 Feb 2012 - OTTAWA -- Greens all over the world will celebrate World Wetlands Day on February 2nd, commemorating the 1971 signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention...
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Brinkmanship Diplomacy with Iran Counter-Productive
Thursday, 02 Feb 2012 - OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on the European Community to reconsider its Iranian oil boycott in reaction to the real or perceived threat that Iran is actively developing nuclear...
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CAPP Principles Can’t Greenwash Fracking Problems
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012 - OTTAWA - The new voluntary principles for fracking released by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) will make no difference, according to Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May...
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Greens support Castle wilderness protesters
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012 - OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada fully supports the citizens who are holding a picket-line protest in order to prevent clear cutting in the Castle Special Management Area of southwest Alberta. “...
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Next on the chopping block: ecoEnergy Program gets the axe
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012 - OTTAWA -- Not only has the Harper Conservatives terminated a highly popular energy efficiency program, but they are dropping the guillotine even earlier than planned, a move that has the Greens...
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Greens in Favour of Sealer Buyout
Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012 - OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada is expressing support today of NDP MP Ryan Cleary's efforts to examine both the commercial seal hunt and the management of the cod fishery. "I support his Private...
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A Watershed Opportunity for Partnering in Canada: Will We Succeed?
Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012 - OTTAWA -- After years of talking, the Harper Government is currently meeting with Aboriginal leaders from across Canada. The goal is to find solutions to the escalating problems facing Aboriginal...
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Greens in support of locked out workers
Saturday, 21 Jan 2012 - OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is standing in support of the more than 400 locked out Electro-Motive Canada workers. “It’s outrageous that a profitable company would ask workers to accept a 50...